Our passive characters and why the 2.55 story fails (BIG SPOILERS) (rant warning)

[Wobi]

Many of things were basically forced down our throats (such as the "dramatic" Scion deaths, laughable) in order to roll out the red carpet for Heavensward.Thanks to our efforts in saving the realm from primals, imperials, Gojira, and Hildibrand's detective skills - we are now de facto fugitives in the very city states we put so much at stake for. Yoshi-P said that the goal of the story was to make players feel a sense of heroism, and that their actions would change Eorzea as an agent of light. After one and a half years of storytelling, our characters are now defined by total INACTION and we're not even agents of the light anymore. Talk about a rubbish payoff.

So you are salty because you are not an unstoppable warrior of death? You can be outnumbered you know, it's impossible to take on an army of trained soldiers in a confined space when you lack the element of surprise and are caught off guard. You have to consider the fates of the others with you and try not to endanger their lives with reckless heroism. As for taking down primals and what not you certainly didn't solo them. It took a concerted effort of fellow elite adventurers to fell those beasts, sure you could have put up a fight and beat down some guards but it was basically a suicide mission and retreat was the best option.

It was upsetting to not be able to do more, but that's because I really cared about the characters and what was happening but I knew in my heart I could not save them and to stay would equal death/imprisonment. My character given what had transpired would have battled like an emotionally unstable wreck and got myself killed with a reckless charge into battle.

[Darkshaunz]

So you are salty because you are not an unstoppable warrior of death?

Firstly, I am an unstoppable warrior of death that has left thousands of corpses in my wake.

Secondly, do all apologists to bad writing call everyone else salty? Is this the :Kappa: age of discourse?

[Wobi]

Firstly, I am an unstoppable warrior of death that has left thousands of corpses in my wake.

Secondly, do all apologists to bad writing call everyone else salty? Is this the :Kappa: age of discourse?

The story not playing out how you like =/= bad writing. Your warrior would have eventually been overwhelmed and been killed or captured and as a Scion they always try to take a path of non-involvement in political affairs/intrigue to avoid a show of favoritism. I guess you would have been happier if your character died trying and you ended up getting to re-roll.

I mean sure, they could have let us go on a rampage and beat up everyone and save the day, but with nothing really on the line the story would ring hollow as no one ever was in any real danger because they had super adventurer there to clean up.

[TruebladeNuke]

... seriously, why isn't this thread locked yet? It's spiraling out of control faster than one can say "Yo!".

The amount of "I'm this invincible hero who should be able to do anything!" is appalling. It's like people have no understanding concept that every character as limits, including their own. I've already stated I felt that the ending could have perhaps maybe be handled better, but this amount of bickering is ridiculous.

Seriously. Thread lock yo. This has gone on long enough. And besides which, we already have a dedicated thread for discussing Patch 2.55 anyway.

... making this my last post in here too. This thread is just an eyesore now.

[LunaHoshino]

Firstly, I am an unstoppable warrior of death that has left thousands of corpses in my wake.

Quite frankly, that's exactly why I love that our character was powerless this time around. It's boring as heck when our character is the Big Hero who swoops in to save the day and fix things every single time. There's no real sense of danger or tension when we know our character is going to come in and hero it up and emerge victorious against whatever new threat we might be facing.

For once, our character couldn't just make it all better by swinging their weapon around. It's boring writing, and perhaps more importantly, it's bad writing if your hero never faces something that they can't win against.